January 20, 2015

Yoga Girl….One

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 After Christmas…..I was itching to draw again….to draw figures.  I’ve been doing a lot of marker work lately.

I found this yogi on instagram (KrisenPro)…..and I got started.
My goal is:
  • To NOT pull out my colored pencils (until the very end)
  • To ONLY use watercolors and w/c pencils.  Yikes!


 I knew I needed to do a background….since that’s the next level.  I thought a mandala would work nicely. But I had one problem, my compass could only draw a 9” circle max.  Ugh!!  After a youtube search, I rigged my own compass.

I just made a bunch of concentric circles of varying widths.

 ManYog5

 After I took the compass point padding away, I lost my center for the mandala.  So, I had to re-establish it with the green dot.

This has been very fun to do….I get to combine two of my favorite drawing styles…..photo-realistic Figures and Marker Doodling Smile

I started out coloring in the design with sharpies….but the ink in the sharpies looked dull.  I had to pull out my liquid India Ink and switch to Faber-Castell black markers since they have india ink in them.

Here is a reference for the size of the picture (22 x 30).  I’m kind of surprised I’m going big again, had initially wanted to only do half this size.

Detail work.

More detail work.

I had to complete the background first….now I can continue on with the figure.  That background has a huge influence on the colors used for the girl.

12 comments:

  1. jinxxxygirlJanuary 20, 2015 at 5:13 PM

    Well i have to tell you this is just amazing!!!Love the combination of doodling and realistic.. :) Hugs! deb

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  2. EdenJanuary 20, 2015 at 8:32 PM

    Thank you Deb for your continued support and encouragement :)

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  3. LindaJanuary 22, 2015 at 12:23 AM

    Wow this is incredible.

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  4. Ms. PiggyJanuary 22, 2015 at 6:21 PM

    Ditto the above! That background is simply amazing.

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  5. EdenJanuary 22, 2015 at 8:34 PM

    Thanks so much @Linda and @Christine I appreciate your kind comments :)

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  6. Victoria GwenJanuary 24, 2015 at 9:11 PM

    You've done it again Eden!! What a delightful serving of eye-candy you've provided for us. So much inspiration .... so little time!

    Gwen in Victoria, BC

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  7. EdenJanuary 25, 2015 at 8:46 PM

    Hi @gwen, you say the nicest things...Thank You :)

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  8. jinxxxygirlJanuary 26, 2015 at 8:43 PM

    HI Eden!

    You've won the GiveAway at my blog!!! If you'll just get me your snail mail addy. Email me at
    nuleaf at comcast dot net.

    Hugs! deb

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  9. EdenJanuary 27, 2015 at 10:49 AM

    Thanks Deb :)

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  10. UnknownJanuary 30, 2015 at 7:03 PM

    The black and white background is GREAT! Looking forward to the rest.

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  11. EdenFebruary 2, 2015 at 8:55 AM

    Thank you @Amanda, I like black and white too! But I also like lots of color so may try this with a colorful background next, we'll see :)

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  12. TreceFebruary 6, 2015 at 6:36 PM

    The mandala is spectacular! Breathtaking, when the size of the painting is revealed. Wow!

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